‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’ Studio Has No Plans to Support VR for Upcoming Sequel

Ninja Theory, the studio behind award-winning VR-supported game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (2017), says there are currently no plans to bring its upcoming sequel to VR. Unlike the first game, which…

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Warner Bros Announces New ‘Matrix’ Movie Directed by ‘The Martian’ Screenwriter Drew Goddard

Warner Bros. announced that The Matrix, one of the biggest film franchises to popularize virtual reality, is getting a fifth installment. The film, which doesn’t have a release date yet,…

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Meta Announces “multi-million dollar” XR Development Fund to Boost Newly Formed Studios

Meta this week announced Oculus Publishing Ignition, a “multi-million dollar” fund aimed at newly formed XR studios. The company is offering money for VR and MR prototypes, with the potential…

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After Building One of VR’s Most Successful Games, ‘Beat Saber’ Founder Plans to Take a Break from VR

Jan ‘Split’ Ilavsky, founder of Beat Games and creator behind VR’s favorite block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018), left the studio late last month, stepping down from his position as…

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Pico Reportedly to Release ‘PICO 4S’ Headset, According to New Trademark & Leaked Controller Design

The Game Developer Conference (GDC) is coming up next week, which could give ByteDance’s XR subsidiary Pico Interactive a perfect opportunity to showcase what, according to a recent trademark and leaked…

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Sony’s Upcoming MR Headset Could Point the Way for Controllers on Vision Pro

Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers, but it’s clear Apple will need to support immersive hardware input somehow in the future, if only for the greater precision it might bring to industry…

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